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gnome-dictionary(1)					      General Commands Manual					       gnome-dictionary(1)

NAME

       gnome-dictionary - Look up words on dictionaries

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-dictionary
       gnome-dictionary [options]

       or select Dictionary from the Accessories submenu of the Applications menu.

DESCRIPTION

       GNOME Dictionary provides dictionary definitions of words, using a dictionary source.

       For full documentation see the GNOME Dictionary online help.

OPTIONS

       --look-up word
	      Looks up the specified word using the pre-defined dictionary source.

       -s source or --source source
	      Uses the specified source for looking up words.  This does not affect the global settings.

       -l or --list-sources
	      Lists all the sources available.

       -n or --no-window
	      Using this switch with the --look-up will print the definitions found on the console without launching the GUI.

       --help Display help information.

CONFIGURATION

       All the configuration is handled using GConf.

AUTHOR

       GNOME Dictionary was originally written by Spiros Papadimitriou (<spapadim+@cs.cmu.edu>), Mike Hughes (<mfh@psilord.com>) and Bradford Hov-
       inen (<hovinen@udel.edu>).

       Emmanuele Bassi (<ebassi@gmail.com>) rewrote it from scratch.

       This manual page was originally written by Jochen Voss <voss@mathematik.uni-kl.de>.

SEE ALSO

       dict(1), dictd(8), http://www.dict.org/, RFC 2229

gnome-utils 2.13.4						    Jan 2 2005						       gnome-dictionary(1)

gnome-dictionary(1)						   User Commands					       gnome-dictionary(1)

NAME

       gnome-dictionary - look up words in an online dictionary

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-dictionary  [--database=database] [--list-sources] [--look-up=word] [--match=word] [--no-window] [--source=source] [--strategy=strat-
       egy] [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       The Dictionary application enables you to look up an online dictionary for the definitions and correct spelling of words.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -D, --database=database	       Specify the database to use.

       -l, --list-sources	       Show available dictionary sources.

       --look-up=word		       Specify the word to look up.

       --match=word		       Specify the word to match.

       -n, --no-window		       Print definitions found on the console without launching the GUI.

       -s, --source=source	       Uses the specified source for looking up words.	This does not affect the global settings.

       -S, --strategy=strategy	       Specify the strategy to use.

       gnome-std-options	       Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5) for more  infor-
				       mation.

OPERANDS

       None.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching Dictionary

       example% gnome-dictionary

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-dictionary       Executable for Dictionary.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-dictionary	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Dictionary Manual

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       attributes(5), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Glynn Foster, updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007.

SunOS 5.11							    09 Nov 2007 					       gnome-dictionary(1)